On Thursday, October 23, the Charles Wright Academy Singers, an ensemble of 21 Upper School students conducted by Upper School Choral Director Aimee Mell, will debut their production of “The Reluctant Dragon.”  This 23-minute operetta tells of “the adventures of a boy, a saint and a dragon back when the world was different and there were more dragons about than there are nowadays.”  Read the rest of this entry »

The halls of the Upper School have been buzzing this week with the rumor that the Seahawks drum line, Blue Thunder, might perform at Charles Wright’s homecoming on October 17.  We’re happy to report that rumor is absolutely true!  CWA students Kate Ellwanger, Alex King, Angela Yang and a host of other stomping, clapping, back-up-singing students have recorded their own version of Ben Lee’s song “Catch My Disease.”  Now they’re out trying to catch Blue Thunder on a Seattle radio station.  But, and here’s the catch, they need your votes! Read the rest of this entry »

There are a lot of very talented people working at Charles Wright Academy and the visual arts department is helping everyone discover some of those hidden talents with the Faculty/Staff Art Show.  The gallery at the entrance to the Upper School is now adorned with the work of seventeen CWA teachers and staff members.  There are paintings, quilts, drawings, photographs, pottery, mixed-medium pieces and a number of installations involving home-grown vegetables.  Get a taste of what you’re missing with this photo gallery and then drop by the Upper School to see the real deal.  Read the rest of this entry »

Students and teachers at Charles Wright celebrated groundbreaking for the new Language and Performing Arts Center yesterday in a very big way, complete with dancing monsters and an excavator.  You can read all about it over on the Boundless Expression blog.  Just click here!

Jieun Oh, a 2004 graduate Charles Wright Academy, has received Stanford University’s top academic honor.  She was presented with the prestigious J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Academic Achievement, given to 23 outstanding students in Stanford University’s School of Humanities and Sciences each year. 

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Update: Click here to read about the play and view photos online.

This week the Charles Wright Players, under the director of John Forier, will present The Wizard of Oz, a musical based on the MGM classic.  There are four performances, including a special Saturday matinee for Lower and Middle School families.  Seating is limited, so be sure reserve your seat in advance.

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A video with clips from Charles Wright holiday concerts in now available on Charles Wright’s website.  So is the student-produced film shown at the holiday assembly about how Charles Wright students celebrate the holidays.  Click here to watch the videos.

Wondering where all the news about language and performing arts can be found?  Then you need to read the Boundless Expression blog.  Today’s post is about a 2007 graduate of CWA who just won a writing contest and scholarship.  His short essay answers the question: “If you could get one ‘do-over’ in life, what would it be and why?” 

Charles Wright today launched a new blog dedicated to the language and performing arts.  The Boundless Expression blog will cover the capital campaign for and construction of the new Language and Performing Arts Center and it will also cover the choral music, instrumental music, drama, English and foreign language programs which will be housed in the new building. 

Click here to read the new blog.

The Charles Wright Players have done it again.  Their production of A Thurber Carnival debuted last night to a packed house in the Upper School music room.  The cast of ten and crew of six put on a spectacular show in about a dozen different scenes, all short scripts written by James Thurber.  Each scene is really quite absurd and quite funny, so if you’ve ever enjoyed Saturday Night Live, you’re going to love this show.

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